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Grave-Relief (also: Rest in the Peace of His Hands)
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Rights: © Estate of Käthe Kollwitz, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Busch-Reisinger Museum
Hans Kollwitz sold; [Galerie St. Etienne New York] 1962 sold; to Lewis Weinstein 1963 gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum 1991.
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum Gift of Lewis H. Weinstein AB '27 JD '30 and Selma Yeslawsky Weinstein '32
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